Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues – Blood proteins or globulins – e.g. – proteoglycans – platelet...
Patent
1996-08-12
1999-01-12
Huff, Sheela
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
Blood proteins or globulins, e.g., proteoglycans, platelet...
530324, 530325, 530326, 5303881, 5303884, 5303891, 5303895, 514 12, 514 13, 4241851, 4241901, 4242341, 4242371, 435325, 435331, 435340, C07K 1600, C12P 2108
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ABSTRACT:
The subject invention concerns novel peptide agonists and antagonists of staphylococcal enterotoxin A. Specifically exemplified are peptide agonists which stimulate T cell proliferation.
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Griggs Nathan D.
Johnson Howard M.
Pontzer Carol H.
Huff Sheela
University of Florida
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